I am a geek. I read science magazines for fun. But I'm a niche geek...some science fascinates and excites me (mostly chemisty and the various medical branches), some makes my eyes glaze over.
Archeology is one of the subjects that usually leaves me unmoved, but every once in awhile there's a story so cool even I take notice:
Little lady of Flores forces rethink of human evolution
I think what has me intrigued is the idea that Homo floresiensis existed concurrently with Homo sapiens, so those folk tales about the "little people" may actually be oral history, not just wild stores made up to amuse or frighten the children.
And that intrigues me, of course, because now I can go back to hoping a leprechaun will lead me to some gold...
Posted by Nic at November 12, 2004 03:21 PM